Jason Riley (trainer)
American athletic trainer (born 1975)
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Jason Riley is an athletic trainer and nutritionist.[2][3] He has trained athletes in the NFL,[2] MLB,[2] NHL,[4] professional tennis players,[2] and Olympians.[5]
Jason Riley | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 50–51)[1] Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Early life and education
Riley is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and he graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, earning a degree in kinesiology and exercise science.[2] During college, he helped train the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, which won three national championships (1994, 1995, and 1997).[2]
Career
In 2000, Riley moved to Florida to work at IMG Academy.[2] He initially sought out to become a physical therapist before his time at IMG.[1]
In 2009, Riley, Charlie Sly, and Janis Krums[1] co-founded Elementz Nutrition, a nutritional supplement company.[6] He was largely credited for Derek Jeter's career resurgence, having trained Jeter from before the 2008 season to his retirement in 2014.[7] Riley's training was praised by Men's Fitness magazine, calling him "baseball's M.V.P. of the post-steroids era".[6] Riley targets specific weaknesses of each athlete, while also working to integrate those new routines into a mindful practice for the whole body.[8][9][10]
In 2014, Riley was part of the opening of a new gym, the Performance Compound, with former NFL players Llewellyn “Yo” Murphy and Anthony “Booger” McFarland, and Scott Lee, who worked with HealthEdge Investment Partners at the time.[11] Riley was sued by Murphy and McFarland, who alleged that Riley was stealing clients and sabotaging marketing efforts. Riley denied these claims, and the lawsuit was eventually dropped.[2][1]
In the 2016 Al Jazeera America sports doping report, which was documented in The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers,[2] Charlie Sly, the pharmacist connected to the distribution of HGH to professional athletes, used Riley's home address when applying for a pharmacist license.[7] Nearly all the athletic clients that Sly named in a recorded interview were connected to Riley.[6] Riley was not named or cited by the documentary.[2] In the MLB's report on the documentary, the league did not find any proof that Riley engaged in any wrongdoing.[12]
Riley is the director of the Positive Sports Lab, which is based in Florida.[5] He has previously worked with the Division II North American Soccer League,[13] and served as the director of performance at the Saddlebrook Resort.[14]
Athletes
Personal life
Riley is a devout Christian.[2]